Improvement in weather-strips



P. 8; .l. W. LYNCH &. N. A. STUWELL.

Weather-Strips.

Patented Dec; 29,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.PATRICK M. LYNCH, JAMES W. LYNCH, AND NATHAN A. STOYVELL, OF

MONICA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHE R-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,292, dated December29, 1874; application filed March 14, 1874.

J AMES W. LYNCH, and NATHAN A. SrowELL,

of Monica, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have inventeda new and valuable Improvement in eather-Strips; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference be ing had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of our weather-strip. Figs.2 and 3 are sectional views of the same.

This invention has relation to weatherstrips for the bottoms of doors;and it consists in a stiff angular strip, a shield or guardstrip, andalso with springs and depressingplates, whereby the said angular stripwill be lifted when the door is opened, and forced down closely on thesill when the door is shut, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawing, A designates the lower portion ofa door, whichis hung in a frame, B, over a sill, C, having an inclined edge, a. Ddesignates a guard or shield, consisting of a raised semicircularportion, I), and a flat portion, 1), by means of which latter the guardis secured to the outside of a door near its lower end, and parallelthereto. E represents an obtuse angular strip, the upper portion ofwhich is inclosed by the semicircular portion b of the guard D, andreceives through it two or more pins, J, 011 which helical springs s areapplied. The springs s pressthe upper portion of the strip E flatlyagainst the door, and raise the lower portion 0 of this strip above thesill C when the door is open, as shown in Fig. 2. i

In the act of shutting the door the ends of the closing-strip E willstrike two inclined plates, G G, which are secured to the frame B, whichplates will depress the exposed portion of said strip against theinclined surface a of the sill, as shown in Fig. 3.

The guard D hides from view the upper portion of the strip E and itspins and springs, and also protects these parts from water and me.

We are well aware that the employment of a bent plate as a weather-stripis not new; also, that it is common to attach a straight or plane stripto the dust-cap by curved arms, as shown in the patent of H. Ogborn, No.40,941, December 15, 1863. We do not claim such devices, broadly.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the centrally longitudinally bent weather-strip E,perforated above the bend, and rocking on the bend against the door, ofthe bolts J, secured to the door. passing through the perforations ofsaid weather-strip, and carrying the coiled springs s, as herein shownand described.

, In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES W. LYNCH. PATRICK M. LYNCH. NATHAN A STOWELL. Witnesses: AUGUSTUSSrowELL, AMY J. STowELL.

